Classic Drama (pre-1945)

A superlative farce by the master of the form, Molière, written at the height of his powers, a masterclass in comic construction. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The best known play by one of the most performed French playwrights - a sparkling 18th-century comedy of manners. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

The best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Lorca's extraordinarily powerful drama, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.

Chekhov's compelling early play, set in a country weighed down by political, ideological and spiritual stagnation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Ibsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.

A startling domestic thriller from the seventeenth century, one of the first tragedies ever to be written about ordinary people. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Racine's reworking of Euripides' Hippolytus, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language.

One of the best-known eighteenth-century comedies of manners, Sheridan's first play, and still his most popular. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

Chekhov's masterpiece of provincial claustrophobia, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.

Ben Jonson's bawdy Jacobean comedy, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery, in a translation first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Lorca's tale of an impassioned, childless woman who is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

An English version of Ibsen's great play, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

A classic comedy of manners with two of the great comic roles of the English stage, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.